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US Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at Four Point Three Percent in April
The US Department of Labor revealed on Friday that the unemployment rate remained at 4.3 percent in April,…
Spahn Demands Faster Tax Funding for Health Costs for Unemployment Recipients
CDU parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn has called for a quicker transition to funding health costs for recipients…
CDU Eyes Health Cuts for Citizens Receiving Unemployment Benefits
CDU auditor Yannick Bury has argued for restricting healthcare provision for recipients of the Bürgergeld (Citizen’s Benefit) who…
Unemployment Reserve Grows German Workers Desire Return to Labor Market
In 2025, nearly 4.9 million people in Germany aged 15 to 74 expressed a desire to work, representing…
German Employment Experts Push for Wage Security and Shorter Unemployment Benefits
In a recent article for the “Handelsblatt”, Bernd Fitzenberger, Director of the Institute for Labour Market and Vocational…
Young Unemployment Chief Pushes to Abolish Healthcare Contribution Cap
Philipp Türmer, the head of Join Forces Union (Juso), has called for the abolition of the contribution ceiling…
US Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.3% in March
The U.S. unemployment rate slipped slightly to 4.3 percent in March, according to the Department of Labor’s release on…
German Unemployment Surges Past 3 Million as March Numbers Rise 54,000 From Last Year
In March 2026, Germany’s total number of unemployed people rose by 54 000 compared with the same month a year…
U.S. Unemployment Rate Climbs to 4.4 Percent in February
In February, the U.S. unemployment rate edged up to 4.4 %, according to a release by the Department of…
German Unemployment Rises 81,000 in February from Previous Year Despite January Decline
The number of unemployed people rose in February compared with the same month last year, but fell from…
DAX Opens Steady Ahead of Unemployment and Inflation Releases
The German market opened a little lower on Friday morning. By 9:30 a.m., the DAX was calculated at…
Unemployment among Academics Rises for Third Consecutive Year
The unemployment rate for those holding academic degrees has risen for the third straight year, according to fresh…
IAB Director Forecasts Mild Drop in Unemployment by 2026 Despite Ongoing Labor Market Struggles
Bernd Fitzenberger, director of the Institute for Employment Market and Career Research (IAB), sees significant challenges on the…
CDA Slams CDU Economic Council Drastic Cuts to Unemployment and Health Benefits
The Christian Democratic Employees’ Union of Germany (CDA) strongly condemned proposals from the CDU’s Economic Council that call…
Germany’s Unemployment Surges 177,000 From December, Exceeding 3 Million Amid Seasonal Trend
The number of people without work in Germany rose by 92,000 in January 2026 compared with January 2025. Against the…
Unemployment climbs in Lower Saxony and Bremen as seasonality kicks in
In January the number of people out of work rose in both Lower Saxony and Bremen compared with the…
Thuringia Faces Rising Unemployment in January
Unemployment in Thuringia climbed in January. The Federal Employment Agency reported that 74,146 people were registered as unemployed…
Hamburg Unemployment Climbs to 97,264, Highest January Level Since 2006
Hamburg’s unemployment figure rose to 97,264 in January, the most jobless people in the city for a January…
Unemployment Climbs Past One Million in Germany
Escalating Long-Term Unemployment Crisis in Germany Sparks Political Firestorm A concerning surge in long-term unemployment has reignited political…
US Unemployment Rises Unexpectedly
The US unemployment rate saw a concerning uptick in November, climbing to 4.6%, according to data released Tuesday…
US Unemployment Rises Slightly
The U.S. unemployment rate edged up to 4.4% in September, according to data released Thursday by the Department…
US Unemployment Edges Up To 4.3 Percent
The US unemployment rate edged up to 43% in August, according to data released Friday by the US…
Wagenknecht Slams Chancellor Over Rising Unemployment
Sahra Wagenknecht, chairwoman of the BSW party, has accused Chancellor Friedrich Merz of contributing to rising unemployment through…
German Unemployment Surpasses Three Million Mark
Germany’s unemployment figures experienced an increase in August 2025, rising by 153,000 compared to the same month last…
Germany’s Unemployment Fund Faces a Multi-Billion Euro Crisis
In a move to counter expected rising unemployment, the German federal government plans to provide a loan of…
Unemployment on the Rise, No End in Sight
German labor market data shows a mixed picture in May 2025, with an increase in unemployment and a…
Germany’s Workforce Hits a Plateau, Unemployment on the Rise
Germany’s Labor Market Remains Stable in April, with Slight Increase in Employment According to the German Federal Statistical…
Germany’s Unemployment Rate Soars to 6.3% Despite Seasonal Decline
The number of unemployed people in Germany has risen by 182,000 to 2.932 million in April compared to…
The Unemployment Apocalypse Looms, But a Faint Glimmer of Hope
The Institute for Employment Research, a research institute of the German Federal Employment Agency, has published its forecast…
A Slight Bump, But Unemployment Remains a Low 2.99 Million!
The number of unemployed in Germany remains under three million. According to the Federal Agency for Work, which…
EU Unemployment Rate Plateaus
EU’s Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate Remains at 6.3% in November 2024 The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the…
Electric Shock: SPD Demands Union to Cut Power Prices Amid Soaring Unemployment
SPD Chief Lars Klingbeil Urges Party to Cap Energy Prices Before Election With recent jobless numbers in mind,…
Unemployment Spikes in the Heat of the Year!
Germany’s jobless count rose by 170,000 in December 2024 compared to the previous year, with a total of…
BOMBSHELL: Jobless Tsunami Hits Europe as Experts Predict Soaring Unemployment Rates!
Economist Veronika Grimm expects a slight increase in unemployment in Germany by 2025. “In particular, the manufacturing industry…
The unemployment rate in the US falls to 3.5 percent
The unemployment rate in the US falls to 3.5 percent. The economy of the United States of America…
Spain and Greece have the highest unemployment rates
Spain and Greece have the highest unemployment rates. Unemployment in the Eurozone remained stable at 6.6 percent during…
The US unemployment rate remains unchanged
The US unemployment rate remains unchanged. In the United States of America during the month of June, about…